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Winning Teamwork. Rudy Eggert Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering. Vince Lombardi (Coach, Green Bay Packers). “Winning isn’t everything…. It’s the ONLY thing!”. Winning is a personal attitude. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Winning Teamwork Winning Teamwork
Rudy EggertRudy Eggert
Mechanical & Biomedical EngineeringMechanical & Biomedical Engineering
Vince Lombardi Vince Lombardi (Coach, Green Bay Packers)(Coach, Green Bay Packers)
“Winning isn’t everything…..
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It’s the ONLY thing!”
Winning is a personal attitudeWinning is a personal attitude
"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." Vince Lombardi
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Why is winning important?Why is winning important?
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“Becoming a winner is essential to • your happiness, • contribution to humanity, and in • creating the legacy your capable of.
Jeffrey Spencer (M.D., Olympic cyclist) and author of : Turn It Up!: How to Perform at Your Highest Level for a Lifetime
WinningWinning
Working definition….
winning = achieving a predefined goal
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Don’t we want to:Don’t we want to:
• “win” a good job after graduating?
• “win” career promotions?
• “win” in our family/personal life?
Let me hear you say:
“I want to be a winner!”
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How can we become a winner?How can we become a winner?
Let’s see what we can learn by comparing a sports team to a business team
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Product Realization Product Realization is like playing ais like playing a teamteam sport! sport!
Sport BusinessCompetitors Companies
Team owners Investors
Coaches Managers
Referees, umpires Lawyers, judges
Communication Coordination
Fumbles, injuries Mistakes, losses
Individual skills Specializations
Team skills Interpersonal skills
What defines a “team”What defines a “team”
A team - is a group of people that:– have complementary skills and knowledge– work together toward common goals– hold each other mutually accountable
(This works for sports team or business team)
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What is Winning Teamwork?What is Winning Teamwork?
“score more points” than your competitors by:
executing proven “plays” that demand:
commitment
communication
“heads-up” thinking (in-the game)
self-preparation
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Elements of Winning TeamworkElements of Winning Teamwork (McGourty and DeMeuse)(McGourty and DeMeuse)
Collaboration – committed, cooperate, participate, assistTeam is more important than individual desires
Communication – listening, speaking, writing, drawing, etc “Seek first to understand before being understood”
Group Decision making Handoff to management , or higher authorityVoting majority versus minority, unanimous Consensus discussion, compromise, command decision
Self-management – getting his/her job done; correctly, thoroughly and on-time.
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Skills for improved teamworkSkills for improved teamwork
What teamwork skill was lacking? :What teamwork skill was lacking? :
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a) Coworker needs to be brought up to date because he missed a meeting b) Manufacturing dept. complains that engineering drawing is confusing c) Engineer fails to use latest revised code or standard d) Engineer gets behind in his/her work, letting team down e) Engineer leaves for hunting trip before finishing customer design report f) Engineer ignores experienced coworker’s suggestions g) Purchasing cannot abide by design team’s majority vote h) Engineer mails project report, but forgets holiday mail slowdown i) Purchasing buys cheaper steel because of hearsay j) Coworker refuses to help when you break your leg k) Coworker loses enthusiasm after being ridiculed in meeting l) Engineer falls asleep in meeting m) Afraid of asking for clarification, an engineer makes incorrect assumptionn) Engineer completes only ½ of her assigned tasks by deadline
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Stages of Team DevelopmentStages of Team Developmentproject initiation
wild enthusiasm
disillusionment
chaos
search for the guilty
punishment of the innocent
promotion of the non-participants
and definition of the project requirements (Lewis, 2002).
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing (Tuckman)
Team interaction is dynamic
SummarySummary
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• Winning is important!
• Winning Teams develop “team skills”– COLLABORATION – COMMUNICATION– DECISION MAKING (GROUP) – SELF–MANAGEMENT
• Teams are dynamic… expect changes
